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Offline Raym

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Where it all began in QLD well for the caravanners anyway
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Where it all began in QLD well for the caravanners anyway
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2021, 06:25:30 PM »
Interesting article.

Apparently nothing much has changed in the caravaning world for the last 70 years though..... ;) ;D

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A 500CC Fiat hauls a Chesney Featherweight Caravan up the Marburg Range on the way to Toowoomba, at an average of 27 mph (42kph). Underpowered cars pulling caravans was common in the early 1950s, but even the journalist covering the story embarked on the journey with ‘a spirit of scepticism’.

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Re: Where it all began in QLD well for the caravanners anyway
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2021, 09:51:45 AM »
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Interesting article.

Apparently nothing much has changed in the caravaning world for the last 70 years though..... ;) ;D


Another pic of Speewa.... they keep popping up!
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Re: Where it all began in QLD well for the caravanners anyway
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2021, 04:15:14 PM »
https://youtu.be/jGkG0fZbprk
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Re: Where it all began in QLD well for the caravanners anyway
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2021, 04:33:18 PM »
Quote from: austastar on May 28, 2021, 04:15:14 PM
https://youtu.be/jGkG0fZbprk
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